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TYPE GOMPOSING MACHINE.

APPLIGATION FILED MAY 7, 1912.

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ANIELLO SAVARESE, OF PARIS, FRANCE.

TYPE-COMPOSING MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 4, 1913.

Application filed May 7, 1912. Serial N 0. 695,686.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ANInLLo SAvARnsE, of Paris, France, a subject of the King of Italy, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Type- Composing Machines, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to type composing machines and in particular to modifications applied to the improved type composing ma chine which forms the subject of the U. S. A. Patent No. 920086 dated April 27th 1909. These modifications bear chiefly: (1) upon the driving of the fall-rod cylinder, at the base of which the frictional drive described in my prior patent has been replaced by a counterpoise device with automatic rewinding, similar to that arranged at the upper end of the same cylinder; this counterpoise device operates a shaft perpendicular to that of the cylinder, these two shafts being connected by two helicoidal wheels so as to prevent backlash The rotation of the shaft operated by the counterweight is determined by the anchor escapement which at every movement of a key allows one tooth of a wheel keyed at the end of the said shaft to escape, this wheel having a number of teeth corresponding to the number of fall-rods comprised in the cylinder so that at every escape of a tooth a fresh cylinder rod is presented beneath the distribut-ers. (2) upon the collection of the types selected by the keys, the types being taken upon the collecting rail by a conveyer arranged atthe side of the machine; this conveyer carries them to the top of the machine to fall behind it to a correcting and justifying bench arranged upon the rear frame of the machine, the correcting and justifying bench being complemented by an automatic device for assembling the justified line for the auto matic formation of the page. These modifications are shown by way of example upon the annexed drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a front view of the machine. Fig. 2 is an edge view. Fig. 3 is a rear view. Figs. 4 and 5 show in detail on a larger scale the driving and releasing mechanism of the rod-cylinder. Figs. 6 and 7 show in front elevation and in plan the complete line-correcting and justifying and automatic paging device. Figs. 8 to 10 are details on a larger scale of the automatic paging device. Fig. 11 is a diagrammatic plan of spindle 185 showing the arrangement of gears thereon.

The rod-cylinder 25 represented diagrammatically remains firmly journaled in ball bearings 91 and above are arranged the distributers 10 at the base of the magazine rails 7. The shaft of the cylinder 25 carries at its base a helicoidal pinion in mesh with another similar pinion keyed upon a shaft 55 which carries both a chain wheel 66 and the ratchet wheel 54, the number of teeth in which latter corresponds to that of the rods in the cylinder 25. The rotation of the ratchet wheel 54': is constantly controlled by the anchor escapement 5O mechanically connected to the keys of the keyboard as indicated in said Patent 920,086. Around the chain wheel 66 is passed the chain 72 upon which the counterweight 68 acts. The counterweight 68 is carried by a lever 69 pivoted at 70 and supported at its other end from a suspension pulley 72 over which passes the chain 72. The latter passes from pulley 72 over pulley 72, mounted on the frame of the machine, to the sprocket 66, thence over the pulley 72 mounted on the frame, to the suspension pulley 72 which carries a counterweight, thence over pulley 72 (Fig. 2) mounted on the frame of the machine, to the suspension pulley 72 again. Under the influence of the counterweight 68 the sprocket 66 rotates as soon as the ratchet wheel 54 is liberated. During this movement the suspension pulley 72 is lifted. The pulley 72 is free on its spindle 72 while the pulley 72 is keyed on its spindle.

The opposite end of the axis of the cylinder 25 is in like manner subjected to the action of a counterweight 177. The latter is carried by a lever 17 8 pivoted at one end 17 9 and carried at the other end by the suspension pulley 180 around which passes a 2 chain 181. The latter passes from pulley 180 to the sprocket 182 (Fig. 11) thence to suspension pulley 183 from which hangs a counterwieght, thence to sprocket 184 and back to suspension pulley 180. The sprocket 182 is fast 011 the spindle 185 which carries also a bevel pinion 186 meshing with the bevel pinion 187 fast on the end of the axis of the cylinder 25. The chain wheel 184; is loose on the spindle 185. Under the influence of counterweight 177 the pinion 186 tends constantly to turn the cylinder 25,

during which movement the counterweight suspended from pulley 183 is lifted.

The arrangement for, automatically returning the counterweights 68 and 177 to position is identical with that described in patent 920,086 above mentioned.

It will be noted thatthe mathematical regulation of the radial position of the cylinder rods in the line of fall of the types is rendered more accurate because the movement of the wheel 54. corresponds to that of the rods of the cylinder 25. p

The collecting rail 96 is fixed upon a frame 130 arranged upon the side and fixed to the top and bottom of the frame 1 of the machine; it passes partly around two pulleys 131, 132 both journaled at the top and bottom of the frame 130 and enveloped by an endless metallic tape 133 having at suitable intervals tappets 134 which slide upon the head of the collecting rail and convey the types which they meet to the top as far as the upper fall-point 135; from this point the types descend by theirown weight as far as the correcting and justifying bench arranged behind the machine. 7

The justifying device, which presents no special novel features, comprises a level rule 107 in line with the collecting rail 96; upon this rule the types may be removed and replaced for correction. Justification is of fected by two fingers, one 108 being stationary in a position adjustable according to the length of the line to be justified, the other 109 being movable and connected to an index 115 which moves over a graduated scale indicating the difference of length in excess or deficit of the line to be justified. A spring plate 136 retains the column of type and allows to pass on to the rule 107 only the approximate quantity necessary for the correction and justification of one line.

The application of the co-nveyer and the correcting and justifying bench upon the machine itself with a device for assembling the justified line for the automatic. formation of the page, constitute improvements serving to produce a complete and self-contained machine.

The automatic paging is effected by the following mechanism: The line being corrected and justified, the finger 109 is lifted and the line of type is slid upon the first supporting rail 119 maintained in line with the rule 107, the extremity of which terminates in a cap of the profile of the supporting rod 119. I

The magazine of linesupports 119 consists of a table 121 and twoperpendicular flanges, one of which 122 is fixed upon the table and the other 123 is secured in an adjustable manner by screws and clamps 124 which allow of setting the width of the magazine according to the length of the lines. The supports are pressed against a flange 125 upon the table 121 by a spring lever 126 pivoted at 127 upon the frame 1 under the action ofa spring 128 attached to the upper end of the lever 126 and to the frame 1. The lever 126 consists of two tubes sliding one in the other and between them there is arranged a coiled spring; the movable tube carries pivoted at its base a plate 13 0 which is constantly pressed upon the table 121 while the spring 128 tends to oscillate the whole lever around the pivot 127 so as to press the plate 130 constantly against the last support 119 in the magazine.

Two forks 131 forming spring plungers are mounted in an arm 132 keyed at the upper end of a shaft 133* pivoted at its lower end in a table 134 and carrying two plates, one 135 being keyed at its base and restrained by a strong leafspring 136 while the other 137 is loose upon the same shaft which has a pin or set-screw 138 engaged in a helicoidal groove 139 in a socket 140 fast with the said plate 137 and the pinion 141. The latter meshes with a toothed sector 142 pivoted at 143 upon the table 134 and linked by an arm 144 to a connecting rod 145 pivotally attached to a disk 146 mounted eccentrically at 146 upon an arm 147 which is pivoted at 148 upon the table 134"; the opposite end of this arm is engaged by a pawl 149 likewise pivoted upon the front of the table 134 a spring 150 returning it normally to the position of engagement with the arm 147, while it is connected by a rod 151 to a pedal 152. The lever 147 when it is released the pawl 149 is urged by. a coiled spring 153 to bring the disk 146 into contact with another disk 154 keyed upon a shaft 155 which receives a continuous rotary motion from a helicoidal wheel 156 and a worm from the driving shaft 157 operated by the fast and loose pulleys 158, 159. Paging is effected upon a table 160, a little higher than the one 121, likewise provided with flanges 122 and 123 the latter being adjustable by screws 124. In this table there is fitted a galley 161 to which the justified lines are transferred by the arm 132 which makes a quarter-circle rotation for this purpose. The flanges 122 and 123 connect by quadrants the two tables 121 and 160, and spring catches 162 are provided upon the outside of the said quadrants in front of the edge of the table 160 so as to retain the transferred line which is pressed against these catches 162 by a spring device similar to the one 126 but arranged horizontally.

Near the table 121 in the quadrant of the flange 122 there is mounted as a spring plunger a rod 166 provided at its base with a roller 167 running upon the plate 137; it carries also an arm 168 engaging the forked extremity'l69' of a lever 170 pivoted centrally at 171 upon the support 174 of the justifying bench. The other extremity presents a groove in which is engaged the pin 172 of a slide 173 mounted in a support 174 and terminating in a fork 175 in front of the end of the first supporting rod 119 in the magazine.

The paging device acts as follows: \Vhen the line of justified type is slid upon the first supporting rail 119 in the magazine, the corrector presses his foot upon the pedal 152 and the pawl 149 releases the arm 147; the spring 158 then brings the disk 146 into contact with the continuously rotating disk 154. The rotation of the disk 146 causes the rod 145 to oscillate the arm 144 and therefore the toothed sector 142, the latter rotating the pinion 141. part of its rotation, the latter slides upon the pin 138 by means of its groove 139 and rises vertically carrying with it the plate 137 which presses up the spring forks 131*; through notches cut in the flange 125 of the table 121, the forks embrace the support 119 which is for this purpose reduced in thickness adiacent to the said forks, and lift it above the fiange 125. At the same time the rod 166 is likewise pushed upward and its arm 16S oscillates the lever 170, the arm of which acts upon the pin 172 to release the fork 17 5 from the extremity of the supporting rail 119. When the pin 138 comes to the end of the groove 139 the pinion 141 rotates the shaft 133 and revolves the arm 182 for a quarter turn; the latter in its movement carries with it the suporting rail 119 which is replaced by the following sup porting rail taking its place under the action of the spring device 126. Upon reaching the catches 162 the supporting rail pushes them aside, then meets and forces back the last line of the page, so compressing the spring device 126 of the table 160; the catches 162 then escape from the supporting rail and place themselves behind it. The toothed sector 142, finishing its first oscillation, comes back to its first position; during the. first part of its return movement it rotates the pinion 141 which through its helicoidal groove descends with the plate 137 without rotating the shaft 133, the forks 131 released by the plate 187 descending under the action of their spring and in this movement dropping and abandoning the supporting rail upon the table 160. The rod 166 descends at the same time as the forks 131 the lever 170 oscillates and the fork 175 engages the end of the first rail support so as to secure it in line with the rule 107. The groove 139 then actuates the pin 188 and consequently the shaft 138) and arm 132 which returns under the table 121 (as represented in Figs. 6, 7, 8 and 9) at the end of the movement the pawl 149 reengages the arm 147 and its disk 146 escapes During the first from the continuously rotating disk 154. The device is thus brought back to the position of rest. Reengagement of the arm 147 is produced by the fact of the eccentric rotation of the disk 146. The two disks 146 and 154 are milled to insure gripping during their contact. A spring 176 assists the connecting rod 145 to overpass the dead center. hen the galley 161 is filled with composed lines of type, the table 160 is removed and replaced by an empty one. It will be understood that by this device, when the line of corrected and justified type is slid upon the supporting rail 119 the corrector has no further to trouble about it; it suffices for him to press his foot upon the pedal 152 and the line is transferred automatically and assembled from the magazine to the collector for paging. Of course this arrangement is given only by way of example of carrying out the automatic formation of the page; for'instance the latter might be effected by an analogous device which instead'of transferring the line by a circular movement about a vertical axis would transfer it either by a circular movement about a horizontal axis, or again by a vertical rectilinear movement upward or downward from the magazine of the sup-.

porting rails.

Having thus described my invention, what 1 claim as such and desire to secure by Letters Patent is g 1. In a type composing machine of the character described, type magazine rails, a fall-rod cylinder having longitudinally arranged thereon a series of fall rods to receive the type from the type magazine rails, a ratchet wheel havinga series of teeth corresponding in number to the fall-rods on the cylinder, sprocket wheels operatively connected to the opposite ends of said cylinder and counterweighted chains passing over said sprockets and serving to rotate said cylinder on the release of the ratchet wheel, substantially as described.

2. In a type composing machine of the character described, type magazine rails, a collecting rail having an upward stretch and a downward incline, a correcting and justifying bench to which the type slide down by gravity on said collecting rail, means for leading the type by gravity from the magazine rails to the collecting rail and a continuously operating traveler for moving the type upward on the collecting rail to the point from which they slide downward by gravity to the correcting and justifying bench, substantially as described.

3. In a type composing machine of the character described, a table for justified lines of type, supporting rails for each line of type, barrier means on said table and means for pressing the supporting rails against said barrier, gripping means for lifting the supporting rail which lies in contact with said barrier, and means for operating said gripping means to first lift said supporting rail and then move it from the barrier, in combination with a paging table to which said gripping means moves and means for receiving and retaining the supporting rail. at said table while the gripping means returns.

l. In a type composing machine of the character described, a table for justified lines of type, supporting rails for each line of type, barrier means on said table and means for pressing the supporting rails against said barrier, gripping means for lifting the supporting rail which lies in contact with said barrier, a pivoted carrier for said gripping means and means for first opcrating said gripping means to lift the supporting rail and then to move it in an are from the barrier, in combination with a paging table to which said gripping means moves and means for receiving and retaining the supporting rail at said table while the gripping means returns.

5. In a type composing machine of the character described, a correcting and justifying rule, a type magazine and means for automatically conveying the type successively therefrom to said justifying rule, in combination with a movable line-supporting rail adapted to be alined with the end of said justifying rule and a'movable fork for insuring said alinement, substantially as described.

6. A composing machine of thetype described, comprising a type magazine, a rotar-y type fall-rod cylinder, means for delivering type from said magazine successively to the fall rods of said cylinder, a collectingrail to, which the type is delivered by said cylinder, a ratchet Wheel operatively connected to said cylinder, said ratchet wheel having teeth corresponding in number to the rods in said cylinder, an escapement controlling said ratchet wheel, a counterweight to rotate the lower end of said cylinder and a second counterweight to rotate the upper end of said cylinder.

7, A composing machine of the type described, comprising a type magazine, a rotary type fall-rod cylinder, means for delivering type from said magazine successively to the fall rods ofsaid cylinder, a collecting rail to which the type is delivered by said cylinder, a ratchet wheel operatively connected to said cylinder, said ratchet wheel having teeth corresponding in number to the rods in said cylinder, an escapement controlling said ratchet wheel, a counterweight to rotate the lower end of said cylinder, a sec ond counterweight to rotate the upper end of said cylinder, a correcting and justifying bench in'line with said collecting rail, linesupports forjustified type, a magazine for said supports, the foremost support in said magazine being in line with said justifying bench, and means for transferring said supports successively to another point.

8. A composingmachine of the. type described, comprising a. type magazine, a rotary type fall-rod cylinder, means for delivering type. from said magazine successively to the fall rods of said cylinder, a collecting rail to which the type is delivered by said cylinder, said collecting rail extending down to the bottom of the machine then upward to the top and again downward, a ratchet wheel operatively connected to said cylinder, said ratchet wheel having teeth cor-responding in number to the rods in said cylinder, an escapement controlling said'ratchet wheel, a counterweight to rotate the lower end of said cylinder, a second counterweight to rotate the upper end of said cylinder, a justifying bench in line with said collecting rail, an endless tape moving in contiguity to the upwardly extending portion of said collecting rail, and tappets upon said tape, said tappets engaging the type upon said portion of said collecting rail.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ANI'ELLO SAVARESE.

Witnesses CHARLES DoMo, LEON PEILLET.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five .eents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, I). 0." 

